Why PHP? 3

[VBRookie]

I have to sell the concept of a PHP-based web front end for a new intranet site to my director. Can anyone direct me to a site that shows why PHP is superior to say C#/ASP.NET or ASP? I've found bits and pieces here and there while googling but I would really like more from solid, concrete resources. Not just a post in a forum somewhere where Jimbob says PHP is better.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

- VB Rookie

 

[Chacalinc]

is it usable for you?

http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/hull_asp.html

Chacal, Inc.

 

[trollacious]

Scripting languages are often like religion, and people pick their favorite for reasons that sound rational to them, but not to those who subscribe to a competing one.

I use ASP mainly because that's what the servers for my major client use. I use PHP for websites that are hosted on servers that have that available rather than ASP. There are things I like better about ASP than PHP, and things that I prefer in PHP over ASP.

If you're most comfortable with objects, then JScript ASP does those MUCH easier than PHP or VBScript ASP. Later versions of PHP have objects added into them, though, that remind me a lot of C++ classes. Overall, though, it's more procedural than object oriented.

Overall, I'd say it's not a matter of which is "better", but which one the web server you're using has, and if both are available, which one provides the functionality and comfort that you want. With both as popular as they are, it'd be wisest to learn each and make yourself that much more flexible and capable.

Lee

 

[tgreer]

From a management perspective, you can make the argument that he'll find more qualified PHP programmers than ASP.NET programmers. It's often been my contention that ASP.NET encourages bad web programming by obscuring the client-server nature of web development. In fact, it even hides the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript from the developer.

I know this is just more anecdotal blah-blah, but that's all you're really going to find.

This index might help:

http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/tekst.htm

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

 

[VBRookie]

Thanks guys ... this information has been helpful. I think that I'll be able to work with this.

Eternally Grateful,
- VB Rookie